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Title: Mitrofan Ivanovich Retivov papers
Date (inclusive): 1946-1961
Collection Number: 2000C79
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
3 microfilm reels
(0.45 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, photographs, and miscellany, relating mainly to the medical profession in Russia prior to the Russian Revolution.
Creator:
Retivov, Mitrofan Ivanovich, 1869-1961
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[Identification of item], Mitrofan Ivanovich Retivov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
| 1869 | Born, Russia |
| 1901-1917 | Vice-President of the Pirogov medical conventions in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novocherkassk |
| 1917-1919 | Director of a hospital in Khar'kov, Russia |
| 1932 | Major, Red Cross, Paraguay |
| 1961 March 19 | Died, Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina |
M. I. Retivov was educated as a doctor. He served in various positions of responsibility prior to the Revolution: as director
of the medical section of the Khar'kov workers' disability insurance company, as an organizer of sanatoria for tuberculosis
patients in South Russia and the Caucasus, and as vice-president of the Pirogov medical conventions held in Moscow, St. Petersburg
and Novocherkassk. Many of his writings are of an autobiographical character and describe his own life as a medical student
as well as meetings with other members of the medical profession in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
During the Civil War, he served as chief doctor of one of the largest hospitals (1500 beds) in Khar'kov. Emigrating abroad
following the Civil War, he served as a Red Cross doctor in Paraguay in 1932, during that country's war with Bolivia. He died
on 19 March 1961 at the age of 92 in Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina. Retivov's son Georgii was one of the founding members
of NTS.
M. I. Retivov was a prominent doctor in pre-Revolutionary Russia. The collection contain autobiographical and semi-autobiographical
writings, including memoirs of the Moscow University medical faculty in the 1890s, and a novel entitled "Moskva studencheskaia,"
as well as a study of V. I. Lenin and his role in Russian history. Other writings include a brief work on female doctors in
pre-Revolutionary Russia.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Museum of Russian Culture. The grant
also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the
Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers
is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Medicine -- Russia
Russians -- South America